Carrying and protecting device for containers



Oct. 21, 1930. RE") CARRYING AND PROTECTING DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS FiledAug. 27, 1928 Fig 1 [N VEN TOR.

Albert 8 Reid BY MW JIM A TTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 21, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBERT R. REID, FNIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO U S L BATTERY COR- PORATION, OFNIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK CARRYING ANDPROTECTING DEVICE FOR CONTAINERS Application filed August 27, 1928.Serial No. 302,328.

My invention relates to a carrying and protecting device for containersand more particularly to a combination cover and handle adapted to bedetachably associated with a container.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which may be quicklyand conveniently attached to a container and which when so attached,will serve as a handle whereby the container may be readily transportedmanually.

A further object of this invention is to provide a handle adapted to bedetachably secured to a container whereby but one hand is required forcarrying the container.

A further object of this invention is to provide a combination cover andhandle adapted to be detachably secured to a container, said cover andhandle being in loose permanent engagement with each other in such amanner that neither one may be used without the other.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description.

While my invention may be used with a variety of different kinds ofcontainers, 1 have illustrated it as being applied to a common form ofautomobile and radio storage battery container. I wish it understood,howso ever, that I do not intend thereby to limit myself to its use inconnection with any particular form or type of container.

A clearer understanding of my invention may be had by reference to theappended drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of one form of myinvention attached to a storage battery casing.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof, with certain parts brokenaway, and

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the same device.

A casing or container is designated by reference numeral 10. The form ofcontainer shown is that commonly used for housing the cells of anautomobile or radio storage battery and comprises end walls 11, sidewalls 12 and bottom 13. The container may be made of wood or any othersuitable material. The cells (not shown) are placed in the containerarea greater than that of recess 22 and arthrough the open top and areheld therein by friction or other means. The usual means employed forlifting and transporting the container comprises the handles 14, one ofwhich extends upwardly from the central portion of the upper edge ofeach of the end walls 11. Such an arrangement is open to the objectionthat the person removing the battery must use both hands for thatpurpose. Frequently it is accomplished with great difliculty, due to therestricted space through which the battery must pass. Further, it oftenhappens that after its removal, a battery is discharged by reason of aconnection being inadvertently established between the positive andnegative terminals thereof.

I have overcome these diiiiculties by providing a combined detachablehandle 15 and cover 16. The handle may be made of steel or any othersuitable material and is formed with a substantially flat centralportion 17 and end portions 18 integral therewith and extending at anangle thereto, asbest shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The outerextremity of each of the portions 18 of the handle 15 is bent back uponitself to form a hook 19. -The cover member 16 is provided withdepending side members 20 and end members 21, the lower edges thereofbeing adapted to rest upon the upper edges of the container walls 11 and12. The members 21 are provided with recesses 22 for receiving handles14. Secured to each of the end walls 21, as by means of screws 23, is aplate 24 having an ranged to cover said recess, a portion thereofextending beyond the lower edge of the member 21 to which it isattached. The lower edge of each of said plates 24 is notched as at 25.Each of the end walls 11 of the container has secured. thereto adjacentits upper edge, a lug 26. The cover 16 is provided with oblique slots 27for loosely accommodating the portions 18 of the member 15. It will beseen that after the handle 15 has been inserted in position with respectto the member 16, it is notreadily removable therefrom, but only bydistorting or fracturing one or the other of these members, thusinsuring proper proloo tection of the container contents Whenever thehandle 15 is employed.

To attach my device to the container, the hook portions 19 are placed inengagement with handles 14, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thecover 16 is then slid into position, with the lugs 26 in engagement withnotches 25. Lugs 26 prevent lateral movement of the cover with respectto the container, while any longitudinal movement thereei is preventedby engagement of the depending portions of plates 22 with end walls 11.The container may then be lifted and carried by grasping with one handthe central portion 17 of the handle 15. Possibility of injury to thehand which frequently occurs unen handles 14: alone are used, iseliminated, as the flat portion 17 is located centrally of thecontainer. The cover 16 will prevent tie cells from beingshort-circuited or otherwise injured and will necessarily occupy itsposition over the container whenever the handle 15 is used.

I wish it understood that the illustrations are not to be construed aslimitations. Many changes in the form of my invention will occur tothose skilled in the art and I intend this patent to cover any and allmodifications thereof falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is

1. In combination with a container having handles extending therefrom, acover having a plurality of slots therein, side and end walls dependingfrom said cover, said end Walls having recesses to accommodate saidcontainer handles, means attached to each of said end walls and coveringsaid recesses for retaining said cover on said container, and a memberextending through said slots adapted to detachably engage said handlesfor the purpose described.

2. In combination with a container having handles extending therefrom, acover having a plurality of slots formed therein, side and end wallsdepending from said cover, said end walls having recesses to accommodatesaid container handles, a plate attached to each of said end walls andcovering said recesses, the lower edges of said plates being recessedand extending below the lower edges of said cover end walls, andlocating members extending from said container and adapted to fit intosaid plate recesses for 10- cating said cover in position on saidcontainer.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subsc 'ibed my name.

ALBERT R. REID.

